3 Standard time in New South Wales (except certain areas)
(1) Standard time in New South Wales is 10 hours in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time.(2) This section does not apply to Broken Hill or Lord Howe Island.
4 Standard time in Broken Hill
(1) Standard time in Broken Hill is:(a) if an order under this section is not in force—9 hours and 30 minutes in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time, or(b) if such an order is in force—the time in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time specified in the order as the standard time for Broken Hill.(2) The Governor may, by order published in the Gazette, specify as standard time for Broken Hill the time in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time specified in the order.
5 Standard time in Lord Howe Island
(1) Standard time in Lord Howe Island is:(a) if an order under this section is not in force—10 hours and 30 minutes in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time, or(b) if such an order is in force—the time in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time specified in the order as the standard time for Lord Howe Island.(2) The Governor may, by order published in the Gazette, specify as standard time for Lord Howe Island the time in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time specified in the order.
6 Construction of references to time (standard time)
(1) A reference (express or implied) in any legal instrument to any time or period of time shall be construed:(a) in relation to an act or omission that occurs, or a state of affairs that exists, at a particular place:(i) as a reference to standard time, as fixed by or under this Part, in that place, or(ii) as a reference to that period as determined by reference to that standard time, and(b) except as provided by paragraph (a):(i) as a reference to New South Wales standard time, or(ii) as a reference to that period as determined by reference to New South Wales standard time.(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a reference to a time or period of time that is expressly required by the legal instrument in which the reference occurs or by any other legal instrument to be construed in some other way.(3) This section applies to a legal instrument even though it was made before the appropriate standard time was fixed by or under this Part.